Salt-cellar or flour-dredge.



.No. 664,228. Patented Dec. I8, |900;

' J. PUTNAM.

SALT GELLAR 0R FLOUH DREDGL (Appliation led Apr. 28, 1899,) No Model.)

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@@aoyf UNITED TATES ATENT OFFICEC J OHN PUTNAM, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SALT-GELLAR oR FLouR-DREDGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters v:Patent No. 664,228, dated December 18, 1900.

Application filed April 28, 1899 Serial No. 714,823. (No model.)

per, flour, or other dredge formedof a body and 'perforated cover of vitreous material, said cover having an outwardly-projecting flange for the engagement of the rim of a securing-ring, said fiange being at the base of said cover, so that the top of the latter is' raised above the upper edge of said ring, whereby said top presents solely a vitreous surface, no part of said ring occupying the same, so that should salt, &c., lodge on said top it will not come in contact with metal, while the exterior of said rim presents a shoulder, scarcely horizontal, from which said material will fall.

Figure l represents a side elevation of a salt-cellar embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a central vertical section thereof on line x: x, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates an article hereinafter more particularly described as a salt-cellar, the same being formed of the body B and cover C, of vitreous material, preferably glass, whereby the contents of the material therein .may be readily seen from without.

wardly-projecting base-flange F, the latter resting fiat ou the top of the body, forming a close joint, which is tightened by the action of the metallic screw-ring G, whose upper end is provided with an inturned rim G', which engageswith and rests on said Iiange F, the

The cover is formed of the side wall D, the perforated top E, and the outbody of said ring engaging with the threads H on the upper portion of the exterior of the body B, said cap thus connecting said body and cover. -The iiange F increases the width and strength of the base of the cover and enables said base better to endure the strain to which it is subjected when the ring G is tightened.

It will be noticed that the ring is entirely removed from the interior of the cellar, so that corrosive action of the contents of the cellar on said ring is prevented, and that the side surfaces J K of the interiors of the cover and body form an unbroken continuity of the same, especially at the joint L, whereby there are no shoulders or projections presented for the lodgment of the salt, thus preventing any crustation of the latter and the formation of lumps or projections of the salt in the cellar.

It will be noted that the cover is somewhat chambered, as at M, whereby the top E Ais 'raised above the upper edge of the rim G' of the ring. Furthermore, theA cellar may be formed light or heavy, as desired, strong in either case and inexpensive, and it presents a unique and graceful appearance.

In order to prevent rotation of the cover separately from the ring, the rim G of the latter is rigidly retained on said ange, so as Vto remain connected therewith in the screwing and unscrewing motions of said ring.

. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A cover for a salt-cellar or dredge formed of vitreous material with vertical perforations therein, an outwardly-projecting flange at the side thereof, and a screw-ring having an inturned rim which is fixed to said flange, the top of said cover being above said rim.

JOHN PUTNAM.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. C. WIEDERSHEIM. 

